This blog to illustrate how to create a Forms Based Authentication for SharePoint 2010 using SQL database as users repository , users will be authenticated from SQL database instead of active directory 1. From Central Administration –> Manage...

In this post series I went through step by step into System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 starting from “ Pre-Build ”, then I continued with “ Installing Operations Manager Database ”, followed by another post “ Installing...

For Environment with high percentage of clients are using Outlook 2003, and because there are some common client access considerations for outlook 2003 and Exchange 2010, then some preparations on client side should be done to cover all considerations...

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Beta 1 has been announced earlier this month by Michael Niehaus . From the new features that come along MDT 2012 Beta 1, we will explore the new added Task Sequence template called “Deploy to VHD Client Task Sequence...

The previous article explained the first challenge which is co-existence: Challenges of Migration from GroupWise to Exchange 2010: Co-Existence In this article I will talk about one of the most annoying problems that may affect the migration which is...

In my previous post (Deleted SCOM Default Management Pack), I have discussed that how to restore your complete SCOM Console view, if the Default Management Pack is deleted somehow. Here I am discussing how to avoid this deletion and how to remove those...

This blog will explain the possible issues that you may face when using wildcard certificate in Exchange 2010, especially during the upgrade from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010.   In this scenario we will use tailspin.com domain. The normal upgrade...

    3 .1.5 install Sequencer to install the App-V Sequencer, please follow these steps on Windows XP or Windows 7 newly installed workstation.   In the checking prerequisites, please click next to install the missing components   Note...

Non-Microsoft backup solutions tend to take generic backup functionality and adapt it to support-specific applications. In contrast, Microsoft created DPM 2010 to leverage fully supported Microsoft technologies in order to provide continuous data protection...

This is the first post in a series to take you through my learning experience to using the Windows Azure service bus. The Service Bus is a concrete implementation of the service bus pattern designed to operate at Internet scope within highly-scalable...

One of the very interesting features of Windows Server 8 Beta is the ability to install your server with full GUI and do all of your required configurations and then remove the GUI to be server core. Same operation can be done the other way around as...

In this post I will start talking about using the UPS and how we can use that to connect to two sources of user profiles data. Please refer to the previous post on how to configure the UPS. The Scenario So lets first describe the scenario at hand. We...

In these demonstration series, I will show you the power of integration of System Center Orchestrator 2012 and System Center Service Manager 2012. I’ll cover a sample basic scenario that requirement of automated bulk user creation process. For those...

Active Directory Recycle Bin helps minimize directory service downtime by enhancing your ability to preserve and restore accidentally deleted Active Directory objects without restoring Active Directory data from backups, restarting Active Directory Domain...

One of the best features in Operations Manager 2012 is network monitoring. Out of the box, Operations Manager gives you the opportunity to discover and monitor your network environment. In addition, you can execute reports against your network devices...

As I was working on customizing a SharePoint Calendar, someone asked me if it’s possible to add a Publishing Image Field to a SharePoint Calendar called “Event Image” to display the current event picture. I decided to write this post...

In this post series I started here with a release date announced in Windows Server Blog (by the way it was announced yesterday (1st of August) that Windows Server 2012 is RTM today), then I start highlighting the main areas of enhancements that I will...

  Introduction Larger IT organizations are likely to have a proliferation of SQL Server installations that are not fully known to the internal IT department. Furthermore, some of these installations may be in various stages of repair because they...

In part 1 of this series, we went over the steps to deploy a stand-alone primary site. Throughout this article, we will configure discovery methods for our primary site. From the Administration tab, expand Hierarchy Configuration and click Discovery Methods...

Introduction I was developing a WCF based solution that required services to be authenticated using ADFS 2.0. The requirement was that the clients will be using client based certificates to authenticate to services. If you have a complete AD CS solution...

Introduction This is my 2nd post of the series of building SQL failover cluster. This post covers adding second node to the SQL Server 2012 failover cluster that is created in Part 1. Please refer to the 1st part for understanding the context of this...

In this post I will go through upgrading SharePoint sites from SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint 2010 , I will include directions to use the most relevant upgrade approach, as start Upgrade from SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint 2010...

For an IT Operations team in any large organization, the powerful set of tools provided by Forefront Identity Manager 2010 for managing groups really come in handy when it comes to organizing and streamlining the process of managing distribution groups...

This is my first post so I thought to start with a strange case that I was working on last week. Customer environment as follows: - Exchange 2010, with CAS configured properly for Outlook Anywhere. - TMG configured to publish Outlook Anywhere.  ...

When browsing the settings for the Search Service Application in SharePoint 2010, I received the error “Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {OFFICE14-0005-0000-0000-000000000000} failed due to the following error 8007042d”. I checked...